Oedipus the King by Sophocles Essay

disagreement with Achilles, Achilles and his army left the battle, and did not return even after the men beg, or after a women was raped, or even after the scales were tipped away from their favor through a deal Achilles’ goddess mother made with Zeus, king of the gods. After all these decisions, while watching the slaughter, it says in the novel, “This is the moment that Achilles and his mother have summoned: the Greeks, routed and desperate, without him. But when will it be enough?.... ‘They…

Antigone’s Love Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. In the beginning of the book, we find out that Antigone’s brothers have slaughtered each other in war. One of the brothers, Polyneices is considered a traitor and Creon, the king, refuses to give him a proper burial. Antigone decides to disobey the king and give her brother a proper burial. Antigone loves the idea of a noble death and it drives her decision-making at the end of her life. Her death had a major impact on the city and…

Having an open mind creates the possibility of accepting new ideas, but refusing to listen to others can do more harm than good. In Things Fall Apart, Antigone, and Titus Andronicus, stubbornness of the protagonist is the main conflict that leads the tragic hero to their downfall. All three tragic heroes, Okonkwo, Antigone, and Titus believe their own beliefs are the correct ones to be followed and that there's nothing wrong with it, however as the stories progress it's clear to see that this is…

that is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies… let not light see my black and deep desires” (1.3.47-51). He is describing his heart’s desire to become king and stating that he will do what it takes to achieve that, even if it means killing Malcom, who is next in line to be King. Next, Macbeth is told by the witches that no man born of a woman could harm him, “Fear not, Macbeth; no man born of woman shall e’er have power upon thee” (5.3.86-87). Little does he…

Machiavelli's last argument "the end justifies the means" is a quite controversial issue. In his book Machiavelli explains gives an example of Agathocles and Oliverotto da Ferma. Both of them seized the power by cruelty. They killed others in order to come to power and stay in power. Well, I said it's a controversial, because sometimes the end does justifies the means, but sometimes not. For instance, cheating in the exam (the means) in order to get a good mark and make your mother happy (the…

Aristotle was a famous disciple of Plato who first defines fine arts and he differs with his teacher Plato in his book of Poetic. His Poetic deals with the principles of Poetic art in general and tragedy. He defines Tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude” (Aristotle, 2017). He also constituent parts of tragedy and they are plot, characters, thought, diction, song and spectacle. The first three plot, characters and thought are the object of…

Jean Anouilh’s play Antigone is a tragedy inspired by Greek mythology and the play of the same name (Antigone, by Sophocles) from the fifth century B.C. The play Antigone tells the story of a brave girl (one of Oedipus’s daughters) who stands up against the law in order to honor her brother. The play had many important characters without which the meaning would be incomplete. However, there were many minor characters that completed the play and aided the reader’s understanding which leads us…

In “Tell Tale Heart” and “I Can Stand Him no Longer” the conflict of being guilty about something is shared. In “Tell Tale Heart”, he cannot kill the man without seeing his eye, which is what he hates about him, which indicates guilt, as he would not have been able to justify his own crime to himself if he hadn’t seen the eye. He then provides a guilt-ridden confession to what actually happened to the man when the police came. In “I Can Stand Him no Longer”, towards the end the author writes…

Sutpen's eccentric actions cause pain for others, but his tragic fate at the end indicates the carnivalesque reversal. Being a character in a historical novel, Sutpen’s doom at the end surpasses the personal to encompass the fate of the people he represents. In other words, his narrative acquires an allegorical dimension: He is the typical embodiment of eccentricity as he carries his "design" at the cost of human lives and their dignity. Sutpen’s tale of rise and fall is the story of the…

In the short story The Bargain by Guthrie, Jr. moral responsibility is the topic of discussion on who is responsible for Slade's death. Morally responsible means to be deserving of blame for an act that was committed. Many believe that Slade is solely responsible for his own death, however, Mr. Baumer is morally responsible for the death of Slade because Mr. Baumer knew exactly what he was doing and he knew that Slade would drink out of the barrel if he thought it was liquor. Some may say that…